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Autistic traits are thought to result from interaction between genes & environment. You might want to consider family history in your decision-making process. Does either side have folks w/autistic traits. Also consider whether there is a preponderance of autoimmune disorders of any sort, or chemical sensitivities. These are more common in relatives of those w/autistm. Beyond that, it seems that certain subsets of autism are more common in children with potential for high intelligence -- again, perhaps family history is telling.

If your child is female, there is a lower probability of autism than if your child is male.

My DS is 16 yo, high-functioning PDD-NOS. Knowing what I know now, YES, I would do anything to go back & avoid the DPT shot that put him into shock. Knowing what I know now, that this child has a glutathione-gene knockout & doesn't process metals or toxins well, I would delay on all of his shots. (Thimerosol is one of the worst, but most thimerosol-free shots contain other metals as ajuvants.). My DS has only his 12 yo boosters on hold (parents too late schmart). Any future vaccines, like tetanus, will be given only after titer-proof of necessity, as our family is hyper-responsive to vaccines & builds high levels of antibodies with less than full series of shots.

The biggest benefitters of public-health immunization schedules are pharma, and that elusive concept known as "herd immunity." Vaccines are sold & guilt-pushed to parents as a dutiful protection for the child, but there's an aspect of hype that is best acknowledged. Many kids are paying the price, not just w/autism, but with later-developing autoimmune diseases. For example, the Hep-B vaccine contains molecules that mimic myelin basic protein.

Read all you can about the vaccination industry. It's not as clean as one is led to believe.

Best wishes to you & to your little one.